1942
Platform: Amstrad CPC
Region: United Kingdom
Media: Floppy
Controller: Joystick
Genre: Shoot 'em Up, Top Down, Arcade
Gametype: Licensed
Release Year: 1986
Developer: Dominic WOOD
Publisher: Elite Systems
Players: 1-2 alternating
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1942 sets you back during war times in which you must go out single handed and destroy wave after wave of nasty people in big ass planes and land vehicles. It sounds like a tough job but it also looks like the rest of the team are useless and you are the only and last hope against the enemy.

A conversion of Capcom's ground-breaking shoot-'em-up, 1942 on the CPC is actually quite a faithful conversion of the arcade original. Unfortunately, the arcade original hasn't aged at all well and neither has this. There is a pleasant tune on the title screen and the graphics, though simple, are nice and colourful. Unfortunately, the game suffers from serious repetition issues. There are a huge 32 levels (quite a difference from the sequel's measly four!), but they all look the same – huge expanses of blue ocean, the occasional island dotted about, and the same few types of aeroplane attacking you again and again. The game starts off enjoyably enough and has a nice difficulty curve, getting very challenging in later levels. Unfortunately, boredom will ensure you won't get that far.
